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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
Enjoying Life n Hundred Years.

Though 1t must be granted even of
the centenarian. as OF all others, that
he soon "passeth away and is gone, "
yet happily we are not obliged to admit
that his strength Is but labor and sor-
row." In many instances, on the con-
trary, lie has, If not green, yet mel
low and cheerful, old age. one of hap
piness to himself and pleasure to 9TH
ers. frightened by q vivid, though
calm, interest in the present. and un-
shadowed by apprehension Of that
which Is to come. "Fay me visit
when you next come to bennington, ~
were usually the words OF adieu by
Miss Hastings, at the age of 103, 10 her
friends; 81 shall like to see you, and
hear how you are going on" There is
a great moral in thisl for while we are
denizens in this Mammon. we are
bound to make to ogrselyes friends of
it. which is best done by cheerful,
happy use Of 1t, and by enjoying 1t and
using we'll the powers and privileges it
gives US; and the injunction is none the
less imperative and valuable when the
sojourn In 1t has lasted for five score
years and more. Moreover, in this, as
in so many other instances, the inau-
ences are reciprocal; for associated as
cheerfulness and happiness are with
good doing and kind feeling, they are
also much dependent upon the smooth
working Of the several parts of q sound
bodily machinery, to the healthfulness
OF which they in their turn not little
contribute. So long, Indeed. as the
body Is enjoyable, and its functions 60
glibly and smoothly On, the tenant is
commonly deslrous Of continuing its
occupation. When it ceases to be so.
when lassitude and WEAKNESS super.
vene, when means of communication
with others are stopping, when the
''sans everything" condition is impeld-
ing, he Is content to quit, and when
the tenement becomes distressing or
painful he is anxious to do so. Still,
though the capacities for activity and
work may be passing away and life's
fretful fever" with them, the old per.
son may comfort himself with the re-
fiection that a useful mission still re-
mains in the benign influence of q Sc
rene and benevolent disposition, which
calmly estimates the things OF time
and sense at their true value, aud
which, leniently regarding the short
coIn!n2s Of others, gives the true crown
Of glory to the hoary head,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
Before the Gate.

They gave the whole long day to idle laugh
ter
To fitiul song and Jest,
10 moods OF soberness as idle, after,
AND silences, as idle too as the rest
But when at last upon their way return
Taclturn, late and losth;
through the broad meadows in the sunset
burning,
They reached the gate, one fine spell hin.
dered them both.
Her heart was troubled with a subtle an
guish
Such as but women know
That wait, and lest love speak or speak
not lang uisb,
And what they would, would rather they
would not so;
I'LL lie said-man-like. nothing compre-
heuding
Of all the wondrous guile
That women won win themselves with,
and bending
Eyes of relentless asking on her the
while
"Ah, If beyond this gate the path united
Our steps as far as death,
And I might open it'll" His voice, af-
At its own daring, faltered under his
breath.
Then she whom both his faith and fear
enchanted
Far beyond words to tell,
Feeling her woman's finest wit had wanted
The arr he had, that knew TO blunder so
we'll
Shyly drew near, little step, and mock
ing,
Shall we not be too late
For tea? ?" she said. I'm quite worn out
with walking;
Yes, thanks, your arm. And will you
open the gate2
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
The Best She Co.ld DO.

Nothing is ever gained by want Ol
politeness. There was an est,Iaabis
Quaker woman who kept a boarding
house, and vas SO prospered as to b
often obliged to send soms Of her pa.
irons to lodge in the houses nf mel
neighbors
itecently company of dozen or so
OF Baltimoreans, who had been com
mended to this lady, arrived in the
city, and at once repaired to her Eesi
dence.
81 can give tbeo ell board, (" said she
to the Aa,ylsndeEs, but thee mus,
slesp IN Cofiin's."
"What!" cried the amazed spokes
man.
''That is the best I can do foS thee;
and If thee do not Like thee can 60 else
where"
And the indignant vintoxs went.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
Queer Vendors in Turkcy,

The different articles III food differ
as much as the yendeIS who carry them.
The nos substantial are the ''kebob, y
III small pieces of mutton, broiled o.
the end of an iron rod over the -.aangal
or live charcoal that they carry from
place to place. writes 4 COnstantinople
correspondent. Then with this IS the
',peloG, - or rice cooked III grease. The
"yaOuteh man finds ready sale for this
prepared clahber, while the ''teamit. y
Or Soeded-bread man, is at everyone's
beck and call, SWeetmeats of all kinds
are ever at hand, and even the ice.
cream man appears on the scene.
None of them stop and implOre youY
patronage, but all go forth calling at
the top of their voices, Then there
come the organ-grinders, one with the
instrument ON his back, while his COM
Fade marches behind to turn out TIE
fumes, and some of them are quite
musical. 1t is around one of these
instruments that the dancers ccs.gre.
gata. 1t is mostly Ito eommOnesi
wOrkmen, with ken great heavy shoes,
that ,akS part. They form in line,
Sesting hands on each others shoulders
Then the leader has sesi9s Of steps
that he performs, The others follow
his example with less and less yig0,
towards the end, until the lass, one jus,
simply walks around, They move in 1
circle, and when the leader has faiShe,
his lit ne suddenly ends with a whoOI
and jump, and thea rests on the gras
while his seeohd takes his place, and
thus Is goes On, SO weird and lifeless
ans, Jet, to q new observer, so inte-est
ing. 1t all seemed like the scene Of
centuries ago, and though it lastes
three days, one afternoon was enough
to convince US of the emptiness of then
religion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
Russian Girl Students.

The attempt on the Car brings the
Nlhllists again to the fore, AMI will
have the effect OF exposing the Russian
lady students here to much nagging
police espionage. One rarely sees them
unless in the QUARTER Latin, although
/ came across nest of them a short
time ago in hotel in the Cours de Ia
Rene. Quakers could not have been
more plainly dressed, and most Of them
had their hair cropped. Thoy were
good musicians, and one and all hard
ened smokers, Russian girls take to
the fragrant weed like Kalmucks. |
am not sure that their air of quiet
settled sadness is due to impecanious-
ness. y studentess told me that the
only CHEEKY ores among them are
JeweSses, and that they are not very
wealthy, but they meet with moral,
and, indeed, often material, support
from persons OF thsir race settled in
Paris, also learned from her that not
few of her companions are girls of III
| iiuentail families, and they have broken
away from home and come here under
assumed names to study. The Gilicul-
ties with which some of thvIg had to be
content III making .h5ir way here would
strike YOU, were to relate them, as be-
. iCnsiag 10 the domain of romance.
What do YOU think of the daughter
Of the Governor of a province who was
sent South by her faEilf 10 be ont of
the way ct restless spirits with whom
Sl.a came il sympathetic contact in
Moscow, working her way as cabin
boy to Varna, She there entered a
hotel as ''bOots," Stald some time, and
IS she had money yenough to buy suit
of clothes suitable to her sex, took SER
vice as a nurserymaid in a family aboeti
to start for England. When there she
was engaged IS q 4UlsaFy gOYerneS5 in
a noble 4aHliiY, and Was taken 10 the
Country seat of some cousins OF her
awn, high in the English peerage. But
they had no idea who she was. As soon
as she had saved a small sum she came
to Paris, and before she could iad a !
lodging she used to pass her nights ia Il |
casual asylum,
Being a person of first-claSs educa- !
tIon, she row prepares girls wanting to |
be admitted 10 the new high schools. !
The place where she resides is a big loft /
over cartmaker's shed, which has been |
fitted up as dOrmit0ry and living
room for about twenty studenteSSes.
Another lot serves as a refectOry,
where meals are cooked at large stove.
Each studenteSs takes turn at cook
ing. Tho tables on which dinner is
selyed are made of boards placed on
treStleS, When the plates and dishes
ale removed in the evening they all sit
down to study. The brain of the Rus
sian girl IS a receptive one, and retains
what it takes in. l dom. think that
.he studeutesses y describe are engaged
n dynamite eOnsplraeies, but they wish
Sell 10 those who are.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25
How California Was Named.

The eminent Jesuit writer, Don
Joseph CamBol, has said that when Cor
fez left the Bay of Santa Cruz he went
down the coast Of the peninsula as tar
as the bay Of Cape st. Lucas; that there
lie found a beautiful small bay, and on
the southern extremity thereof be saw
an immense arched vault in the p2int ct
rocks that form the bay, and that for
this reason he called the bay Calaifor.
nix By analyzing this name we will
find that ''Cala" means small pay IN
Spanish. ssI'' is the conjunction and
s.fornix'' means arched vault in Latin.
Expect not praise without envy until
you are deAd "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25

The storm tries the building, and
discovers which is built upon rock
and which upon the sand. The storm
tries the pilot. The togcisscLs tries
the metal Ytethes il be gold or cop
pes. The furnace tries the gold,
whether 1t be pure or dross. So affiic-
tions and prosecutions try the Chris
tian.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-05-25

There are about 1900 Libraries il
the United States containing LOO
volumes or more.
1 have been benefited by praying 70.
others; for by making IA efrand tO Goi
for them have gotten something fol
1ayself.
There is no argument In sneer, ane
yet it may make an impression which
many arguments cannot remove.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
Some Rare Buffalo Curios.

Although the fact is not generally
known, many of the homes in Blu ffalo
are rich in curios from every part OF
the world. In one residence is tall
Dutch clock, found by its present pos
SCISSOR in remote part of Norway, not
far from the North Cape. Among
other ingenious attachments it has a
set of chimes that tinklc twelve differ
ent psalm tunes-one before the strik-
ing of each hour The time-piece is
very ancient, and, singularly enough,
appears to be homesick, for it has an
incurable propensity for getting toe
fast, in an earnest endeavor to catch
up with the time of day in Holland.
Another old clock in the same house
has a front panel made from olive
wood cut on the Mount of Olives. in
Palestine. These are just mentioned
incidentally. A catalogue of all thu
rare and beautiful objects owned by
Buffalonians would fill whole news
paper page.-Bmfalo Courier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
VOLUME XVI.
GOOD DOCTOR DIET.

o,nr Diet. who S not heard
" ..r,ns ~ nolite and phrase absurd?
II y. roodly man, of goodly deed,
q nnIsoclair,jng here and there his creed,
OF eating plain and simple.
.Ms'a',oh Meioo goes he there, kindness to do.
IL rnea9 saye the Young from gripping aches
mt M follow eating sugared cakes;
~ me- cove the old from fevers grim,
1nDa,,, ~ Mains that wrench each neither limb,
He proffers counsel calmly.
M. sten il light: his eye is clear:
dc cheek Is plump, but not from Deer;
60 fresh and hearty; yet I'm toio
you couldn't guess how very old
Vet always fresh and CHEEKY.
ror those who dote on dishes rich,
a. ,iver stews and greasy fitch;
o. tbnse who stuff, and drink and spree,
And at big dinners like to be-
This GOOD man has a curious smile;
Dc rls.I Knows that in little while
OF bile and gout they'll grumble.
ne loves the pure, and sweet and good.
Who relish best his simple 1000;
ue bids them eat for strength and use
sYon rake is always too profuse"-
SAYS DR.. Diet, sadly.
when one is sick, and asks for him,
Comes DR.. Diet gently in,
And brings in counsel him to see
Old DR.. Quiet-they agree,
AS doctors should, serenely.
Rut best for all, il must tell,
Is DR.. d. when we are well;
His wise commands all should obey,
And comfort take from day to day;
With mind alert and full OF vim,
with body sound from core to rim,
Make life sunlit and happy.
.HaI. d. Rdyton, IN Ph1en0Io0icdt journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
Journalistic intelligence.

Miss Birdie McGinnis, one of the
reigning bellies of Austin, is not bad
looking girl, but intellectually she is
subject to slight discount.
At social gathering she was intro
duced to a distinguished journalist from
San Antonio.
"Allow me to introduce you to Mr..
Scoop, one of the most celebrated
newspaper writers of the day." said
her friend.
Newspaper writer!'' exclaimed
Birdie, 81 didn't knew they wrote
newspapers. All the newspapers I've
seen were printed. "-TeIas Sitsngs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A fast man is usually very slow when
itcomes to paying his debts.-PiHsburgh
Dispatch.
The man who propels wheel-bar-
row sees his work ahead of him all the
ime.-Boston Courier.
Goethe once said: 1--WE ought to
ook at some picture every day." But
then, that was before the old man saw
the pictures in the daily press.-Neao
Age.
In ancient times, it is said, any
thing that Midas touched was turned to
gold. In these days, the touch of gold
will turn many a man to anything.
There are men in New York who
spend half their time lodging people
they have borrowed money of. and the
other half in hunting up fresh. victims.
"A French woman says she once
paid large sum of money to learn how
to get certain moose into a bow.
What most girls want to learn is how
to get certain beau into moose.
Easier to preach than to practice. -
/
| "Such is the secret Of happiness here;"
| IF 1t be true oh, philosophers, pray,
| Why don't We cast further study away,
Be ye content with the things that are known,
Boston Budget.
The monkey is now generally rec.
ognized to be a sort Of u connecting
link between the human race and the
lower forms of animal creation. The
main question now is whether the dude
doesn't come first of the two.-Merchaal
Traveller.
| Gotham Boy Cat Niagara Falls
PA, did that man that drives the car
rage build that big damn" Pa-''No
the Niagara flows over natural preci
pice, my son." Gotham Boy-''That''
strange, thought from the price h
charged that he made it. It'd BITS.
-"They don't get the best of me.
said Muggins. the grocer, in tellin.
how he had defeated supposed attempt
TO overreach him; mo. sir, they don
get the best of me-" 'H you refer t
your customers" replied woman VIII
had come in for cents worth of yeast
II guess you are about right, Mr.. Mug
gins. Boston Transcript.
"A childish remark very ofte
punctures the assertion of an olde
head. A friend at the tea table, speak
ing of the necessity of courtesy and tn
manner in which it distinguished
gentleman from boor. said: II in
variably lift my hat to lady acquain1
ance on the street" "But, pa" II
marked his little daughter, 'you don
lift your hat to mother when you met
. her on the street; she's one lady yo
: don't do tito, know. ."-Boston Bulge
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
COURAGEOUS ANIMALS.
Some OF the Most Prominent Features OF
the Bulldogs Character.

some OF the Most Prominent Features of
the Bulldogs Character.
Owing to his comparative rareness,
mis- moral character is as little under
stood by the general public as are his
points, and by very large section of
the community he is looked upon with
fear and aversion, as being both savage
and treacherous. He is in reality
seldom the first by nature, though he
may be by education, and the latter he
never is, either by nature or education.
His evenness of temper is one of the
most prominent features of his char
acter, and what he is at times he always
is. If he has been educated to be
savage he always will be savage, but if
his natural good-natured Incidence is
allowed to develop properly by kind
ness and good management he will be
always gentle. There is nothing vari-
able or snappy about him. and he will
allow liberties to be taken with him by
children-aye, and by grown-up chill
dren also-that many other sorts OF
| dogs would resent, such as collies and
| retrievers, who are not at all times trust
worthy, and who, if they are being
teased or get their tails trodden upon.
are liable to turn and snap. Snappingis is
an unknown vice among bulldogs; but II
they should be thoroughly reused they
90 straight to business and fix on the
object that they intend to annihilate,
and, as our transatlantic cousins say,
..they freeze on;" and, being once
| fixed, it is a matter of considerable
trouble to get them to loose their hold
Their tenacity and courage are house
hold words in our language, and
seldom is book written without
some allusion to bulldog courage
and tenacity; and our successes
in the battlefield are constantly
attributed to the bulldog" courage O
our men and the resemblance of tn
man to the dog in not knowing whel
he is beaten. Their fidelity also ii
great; and, though evidently not al
adnirer of the breed, one of our great
est novelists pays tribute Of admira
ton to that quality in them, in his de
scription Of Bill Skies dog and hi
melancholy ending, in which he clearl
shows which is the finer beast Of tn
two, the beast man showing up
degrading relief to his four-foote
] | friend, whose fidelity no brutality {
{ i'll usage could shake. Bulldogs al
' most affectionate and intelligent, an
a much Of the abuse that is layished o
8 them is on account of their appea
: ance. which is decidedly against thel
: as regards the gen.ler virtues, and b
!. cause of the utter want OF knowleds
of the subject displayed by large Sc
ton of the public. Saturday Repiea
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18

An interesting series of expert
nents has been made by Dr. ]. W. Fra
ser on the influence of our common
beverages on digestion. Among these
drinks he finds that water is usually
the best. Of infusions, tea or cocoa
acts most favorably when bread Is
eaten, and coffee is the best for use
with meat or eggs. Eggs are the best
animal food with infused beverages.
and should be soft-boiled when tea il
the beverage. and hard-boiled w''f
coffee Or cocoa, Public Opinion
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18

"A man at Americus, Ca, went to
bed thinking SO intently OF mulberry
tree that he was TO transplant in the
morning that he got up in his sleep and
transplanted the tree, and went back
to bed without waking up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18

Some things q woman doesn't
know, of course; but one of them isn't
what she thinks of other women
Boston Journal of Education.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18
The Stewart-Bennett Duel.

Judge Douglas said one day that tho
first and last duel ever fought in llii-
nois was in 1920, at Belleville, between
Alphonso Stewart and William Ben
nett. The seconds had made it up to
be sham duel. Stewart, one of the
parties, was supposed to be In the
secret, but Bennett, his adversary, be-
lieved it to be reality. 1t was sup
posed that Bennett somewhat suspected
a trick, and after receiving his gun
from his second, rolled ball into 1t.
At the word fire Stewart fell mortally
wounded; Bennett was indicted, tried
and convicted Of murder. A great
effort was made to procure him par
don. but Governor Bond would yield to
no entreaties. and Bennett suffered the
extreme penalty of the law by hang
ing, in the presence Of great multi
tude of people. Judge Douglas gave
great credit to the prosecuting attorney
In the case as having prevented duel
ing in Illinois by making it crime
Ben: Perley Poore, IN Boston Budget.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18

Editorial excursions are never de.
layed nor the members ever molested By
train robbers.-Fort Worth Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-18

-Saleswomen in several dry goods
houses in Cleveland. O.. are fined
cent every time they use slang word
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06

Combines DounLE.-Roseoe Conkllpg
has double whose name Is s. 3. Rowe,
and who halls from Boston. The resem-
blanoe between the two IL described A.
startling. and naturally leads 10 many queer
mistakes. There IL the same we'll knit
aud supple form, the same luxurlsnt hair
ard curl, now turning white a. the bidding
OF The years. the same beard aud COZ flient
look md walk. Al Schenectady, n. T.,
Mr.. Rowe rot cut OF . train ard ian plump
into the arms ~ . reporter who knew
Conklirg well. "Ab, beg your pardon.
senstor," be btgsu. "but Why are you
hsref" A look OF genuine fatigue stole
ov, the ecuntenance OF the Senator a. be
politely listened 10 the inquiry, and gsthsr-
"a strength 20 reply 81 visited New York
State for the first time IN my life one week
ago, and since last Monday rfty men, Of
whom twenty I've were newspaper report.
ers, have mistaken me for Roscoe Conk-
ling. The only time I ever saw Roscoe
Conklins was when be took the oath OF Of
Zee years ago."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06

A SURPRISING REcEIrIoS - Book
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Certainly. There. take my seat by
the window. am delighted to see
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"Permit me to explain. This book.
glorious work. Is complete In Is volumes.
Is IS volume aud am the agent for
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III Am sony you brought oaly one
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"0h. yes, but"
"By the way. there's the bell. Stay
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ell beg pardon. This Is very
STANCE. Am awake or dreaming J"
EYES," the house don't look very
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patients"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06

OS The VERGE Or CoSrEssios.-li
Was a New Bedford man who, when q
i,nible storm ct in one night. rushed
into the house OF nsishbor ard cried
out:
"JOu,.. ,hi, /, the ending up Of
ear,h."
I'm afraid ,e-l'm afraid sO!" was
the reply.
And what ,hsli We do p
make our peace With heaven!'
The wind blew s,ill stronger. the
house began to shake. and the excited
man exclaimed:
"Jore.. you lO', FIVE bushels Of whsa,
last fall :"
"les."
"And you have your suspicious"
III have. The man who took my
whea, had better own up"
"csn you forgive him."
I'll can"
"wsll-" Here the Wind suddenly
Dropped. and after a look through the
window the conscience stricken man
TUNED and finished: EYES. II ever !
NEE, him III advise him to call around y
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06

Rev DIR. Ir,rea, Prime, editor OF the
New York Observer, In lecture on Wits
OF the Pulpit" In that city on Tuesday
evening. said that Dr Strong. of Hartford,
Wa = man OF 10, st natural wit, aud oftsL-
times indulg,c IL wlihou; th.rklug OF lis
,n,Ci. Leading a ministerial prayer tne,i-
itg IN one occasion. be said. "Bfo,her
Cotton, ~ Bolton. will you step this way
sni prsyf" 10 which Nc. Cotton respond
sd. "Bfoihsr Strorg. you DO very wrons
"a n ake athy the II ,uch iims," and DIR.
Str NJ remarked, "im sorry % see you're
inst lac me